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they ruined the irrigation systems there. Which brought about a drastic drop in food production. Which led to massive depopulation. Starvation and disease were the real killers back then
Yeah, I remember hearing stories of the Mongols, after taking part villages and towns, that they salted the earth, and actually went to the extent of re-routing rivers so that the town or village would never come back.
One thing that's an overlooked factor, is that Khan lifestyle was totally non-sedentary and praised the nomadic lifestyle as the best way of living. He thought of human populations in urban settings (civilization: towns, villages, cites) as no better than domesticated animals. So I don't think he should be charged for specific hate crimes, he hated civilized lifestyles and would've done the same Europe with no problem, had the Mongol armies not been recalled from West for council.
They can even see the COs effect of Khan's massive depopulation in arctic ice cores.
https://carnegiescience.edu/news/war-plague-no-match-deforestation-driving-co2-buildup
And that it was worse than the depopluationing of the Americas after the Spaniards arrived.
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